colubrine

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colubrine

/ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/

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From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).

adjective more colubrine · most colubrine

Snakelike. A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
Relating to snakes.

noun colubrines

Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae

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@misc{colubrine_2026,
  title = {colubrine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colubrine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}